Audience
Any user looking for a solution to organize and manage different file types
About ranger
ranger is a console file manager with VI key bindings. It provides a minimalistic and nice curses interface with a view of the directory hierarchy. It ships with rifle, a file launcher that is good at automatically finding out which program to use for what file type. The examples/ directory contains several scripts and plugins that demonstrate how ranger can be extended or combined with other programs. These files can be found in the git repository. UTF-8 Support (if your Python copy supports it). Multi-column display. Preview of the selected file/directory. Common file operations (create/chmod/copy/delete/...) Renaming multiple files at once. VIM-like console and hotkeys. Automatically determine file types and run them with the correct programs. Change the directory of your shell after exiting ranger. Tabs, bookmarks, mouse support, etc.
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Show disk usage, directory printer, find duplicate files, rename files, and maintain your files - all in 1 tool
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This makes it easy to drill down to directories which are using all your disk space.
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Name, Size, Cyclic Redundancy Checksum (CRC32) or Comparing byte by byte
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Pricing
Starting Price:
Free
Free Version:
Free Version available.
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Company Information
ranger
ranger.github.io
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Platforms Supported
Linux
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